State v. Briggs

GREENE, Judge.

Anthony Briggs (Defendant) appeals jury verdicts finding him guilty of extortion and of being an habitual felon.

Prior to trial, Defendant filed a motion to suppress allegedly incriminating statements he made to Renoice Stancil (Stancil), a correction unit manager at Eastern Correction Institute (Eastern), and Milton Nowell, Jr. (Nowell), the assistant superintendent for operations at Eastern. The motion was based on the ground the statements “were made in response to officer interrogation, while in custody, without waiver of Miranda rights.” The State conceded before the trial…